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Full cast announced for new stage adaptation of Still Alice at West Yorkshire Playhouse, starring stage and screen actor Sharon Small

Full casting was announced today for the major new production of Still Alice, the stage adaptation of best-selling novel by Lisa Genova, adapted by Christine Mary Dunford. This West Yorkshire Playhouse production in association with Michael Park for The Infinite Group is directed by David Grindley (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gate Theatre, Dublin), and explores the effects of early-onset dementia on identity, family and relationships, in an uncompromising yet tender portrayal. Still Alice opens West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Every Third Minute festival, a pioneering festival of theatre, dementia and hope that is the first of its kind.

Sharon Small, most recently featuring in the BBC’s Trust Me and Channel 4’s Born to Kill and well known for the BBC’s The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, takes the role of Alice, joined by Ruth Gemmell (Silent Witness, BBC; Penny Dreadful, Sky Atlantic) in the role of Herself, Alice’s inner thoughts.

Clara Indrani (Marcella, ITV) also joins the cast as Tamara and Micah Balfour (Emmerdale, ITV) features as Dr Davis.

Still Alice sees driven professional Alice Howland, a university professor at the top of her game, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 50. Compelled to confront her new reality, she draws on her resilience to remain independent, fighting to maintain her identity as her world changes.

Director David Grindley said ‘I’m delighted to be working with such an incredibly talented cast and creative team on such a brilliant project at West Yorkshire Playhouse, and I’m looking forward to sharing such an affecting story with Leeds audiences. This production has a very rich context, rooted in the Playhouse’s pioneering work with people living with dementia, marking a key moment as part of the Every Third Minute festival.’

West Yorkshire Playhouse announces five-year partnership with SOYO

Posted on March 13, 2018

West Yorkshire Playhouse has announced a five-year cultural partnership with SOYO as part of the landmark Playhouse redevelopment project. Confirmed as a Principal Capital Partner, SOYO (part of the Yorkshire-based Caddick Group) provides a welcome boost to the Playhouse’s redevelopment and vital financial support through this period of revitalisation. SOYO, the £300m redevelopment within Leeds’ […]